South Africa

SA Rugby has partnered with SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, to revamp provincial rugby union in the country.

South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has said that Durban may have to forfeit its hosting rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games due to the high cost of staging the multi-sport event.

The NBA has announced that it will return to Johannesburg in South Africa for a game later this year, while the North American basketball competition’s commissioner, Adam Silver, has warned that the league will consider state-wide discriminatory policies when assigning hosting rights for future events.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has unveiled plans for a new franchise-based Twenty20 league and is seeking overseas investment in its teams.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has imposed a two-year ban on former national team batsman Alviro Petersen in the latest punishment stemming from a match-fixing scandal concerning the 2015 season of domestic Twenty20 competition the T20 Challenge Series.

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has awarded hosting rights for its 2017 European Open Championships to the Bulgarian capital of Sofia as it unveiled calendar plans for next year that will involve its first major event in Asia.

SA Rugby, the governing body of rugby union in South Africa, has unveiled a comprehensive reform package that aims to reinvigorate the sport in the country.

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) president Gideon Sam believes his organisation has done all it can to ensure Durban retains hosting rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) deferred a decision on the matter by up to six weeks.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is planning to revamp its domestic Twenty20 competition and introduce a model by which games would be staged outside the country, according to a senior executive.

The International Korfball Federation (IKF) has opted to increase the number of participating countries at its World Championship from 16 to 20.

Mark Alexander has pledged to drive forward South Africa’s uncertain bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup and instigate reform in SA Rugby after being elected as the governing body’s new president today (Thursday).

The South African city of Durban, the location for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been given a deadline of November 30 to meet a series of conditions or risk losing its hosting rights for the multi-sport event.

The Ironman triathlon series has announced that the 2018 edition of its 70.3 World Championship will be staged in the South African municipality of Nelson Mandela Bay.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed that England, Belgium and South Africa will host the semi-finals of its World League national team tournament next summer.

World Rugby has today (Tuesday) confirmed France, Ireland and South Africa as host candidates for its 2023 World Cup, as Argentina firmed up its proposed bid for the 2027 edition of rugby union’s showpiece national team tournament.

The World Rallycross Championship motor-racing series has announced that it will stage its first event in Africa after agreeing a multi-year deal with the Killarney race circuit in Cape Town, South Africa.